PEAPACK-GLADSTONE — A deer trapped on the ice on Ravine Lake was rescued and brought to safety by the joint efforts of bordering boroughs Monday.

The ice rescue team bringing the deer up onto the embankment to safety.Peapack-Gladstone Police

At about 10:20 a.m. Monday, Peapack-Gladstone Police were requested by Far Hills Police Special Officer Norman Jenkins to aid with a deer stuck on the ice on Ravine Lake on Lake Road, according to Chief Gregory Skinner of the Peapack-Gladstone Police.

The deer was trapped on the Peapack-Gladstone side of the lake which is part of the Somerset Hills Lake and Game Club located in both boroughs, Skinner said.

Skinner met Jenkins on the scene and were joined by N.J.Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife Conservation Officer Chris Wren, who determined the deer was on the surface of the ice about 220 feet from shore and unable to gain traction to make it back to shore, but was not injured, Skinner said